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The energy of the Spiral of Growth is composed of the marriage of two PERSONAE: The Negotiator and the Idealist
In the quest to transcend into Purpose, we look to the Ibex as our Negotiator; unseating us into the radical discomfort of participation with uncertain outcomes. The Ibex is aloft with the natural order of reality. No hiding. No shelter. A propulsion toward whole hearted action.
Maintaining partnership with our inner Macaque Monkey helps maintain balance with the wholly committed Ibex. Macaque, the idealist, offers an otherworldly intelligence that takes only perfect Conviction in a Perfect Good as its compass bearing.
Level 9: Quest of the Mystic Union
Pipers at the Gates
Turn toward the Dark Wave energies that would blind.
Seek to fashion a new stance with them by activating Virtues.
You are more than the defenses defining you
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Standing at the moment before incarnating into physical form,
Before the great imaginal trip into the constructs of dimension, time, and distance
At that pivotal moment of demarcation, visited again only in dreams and instances of extremity,
"you" come now to see the fabric from which You became you.
Like observing cellular life’s original mitosis, here we perceive the one splitting into two; a primary structure held against the backdrop of a second. Two compatible limiting forces, known thereafter as your Primitive Defense Mechanisms.
It will take precisely one lifetime to tell your story from start to finish. That's how it works.
This quest offers a glimpse at the roads not chosen. The Not you, that inhabits the Dark Waves created by that first choice. This quest is about sitting down to have a talk with your worst nightmares, the scariest underpinnings of that first choice you made before you were born.
In that place live the monsters thriving just out of direct sunlight, created in the wake of your personhood. They would speak to you. If you listen carefully, here is where the Pipers are playing. A song always calling to carry you home.
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From the list below, consider which might be the primary defense mechanism at play in how you construct your lived experiences.
To perceive the secondary backdrop defense (which is less easy to detect) consider how your primary defense combines with other defenses in consensus reality.
Then consider how that defensive posture behaves when combined with its Dark Wave partners in non-consensus reality; with traits too pathological, or too unacceptable to the ego, to be viewed directly.
Practice “Loving Thine Other-ed Self” by taking a slow look at the Dark Wave entities they create in your field. This usually means empathizing with those you’ve chosen to see as arch enemies. Replace antipathy with curiosity for these dopplegangers to your own nature.
Practice “Self Actualization - In BED” by taking a slow look at the sexual tensions that arise when you find yourself aroused. What core defenses arise as you begin to lose yourself in acts of desire? You may recognize the presence of Dark Wave energies here as well, kept safely adjacent to your accepted sense of selfhood.
Place attention on the implicit tendencies and aspirations of these Dark Wave entities. Consider the teachings that might assuage their broken connection to the Divinities named in Quest of the Grapnel.
What might it mean for you to inhabit more of the Virtues that would marry your Dark Wave and Divine aspects of Self?
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Dare to become a Piper.
Embody the Virtues that lighten the darkest places.
Dark Wave entities presuppose that You have suffered primal injury. As a Piper, you come to manifest new facets of being constructed specifically to meet and heal that injury.
By Loving Your Other-ed Self, and practicing Actualization of all parts of your being, you play a part in their integration and you become more than your True Self.
You become a Piper at the Gates of Dawn.
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There are Ferus as yet undiscovered and unnamed that call to you.
There are Tels beyond those of Anger, Sadness, and Horror.
There are more than 9 Territorial Archetypes,
and more than 54 Personas in the deck of the human spirit.
Pay heed to those who visit you,
hear their messages,
help them find their place and their companions within.